Over thirty years of business experience, fifteen as an entrepreneur, fifteen doing corporate research and venturing in large corporations. Over fifteen years of academic experience, including as dean of a business school. Personal experience in all stages of funding, " sweat-equity", "friends and family", angel as well as venture capital investing. Jim is a member of the Society of American Foresters, maintains a 20 acre forest on Palomar Mountain, and is a sequoia afforestation advocate. He is founder of Sequoia Sentinels, a non-profit grassroots movement dedicated to cultivating the growth of sequoia trees across private lands and forests in Southern California.Jim holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (from MIT, UC Berkeley, and Carnegie Mellon University).
Listed skills include Entrepreneurship, Start Ups, Leadership, Management, and 42 others.